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AncientPages.com - On November 5, 1867, was born George Andrew Reisner an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine. George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1889,
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AncientPages.com - On November 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings. The tomb was intact and packed with antiquities, including
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AncientPages.com - On November 3, 1492, the Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France) between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor
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AncientPages.com - On November 2, 1950, died George Bernard Shaw. He was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist who strongly influenced Western cultural and political life. George Bernard Shaw
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AncientPages.com - On November 1, 1512, the Sistine Chapel's beautiful ceiling was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope Julius II and
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AncientPages.com - On October 31, 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in the USA. At the time, the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) continued. It began to
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AncientPages.com - On October 29, 539 BC, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and detained Nabonidus, who, along with his son Belshazzar had
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AncientPages.com - On October 28, 1636, Harvard University - America's oldest learning institution, was formed. Harvard Yard winter 2009. Image credit: chensiyuan - CC BY-SA 4.0 It was initially called
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AncientPages.com - On October 27, 1553, Michael Servetus (Michel de Villeneuve) was arrested in Geneva and burnt at stake as a heretic. On this day, Michael Servetus was
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AncientPages.com - On October 26, 1689, Austrian General Enea Silvio Piccolomini led a campaign against the Ottomans in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Macedonia. Piccolomini (ca.1640-1689) was an Italian nobleman with his
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AncientPages.com - On October 25, 286 (or possibly 285), Saints Crispin and Crispinian were beheaded during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. Much of the earnings Saints Crispin
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AncientPages.com - On October 24, 1360, the Treaty of Brétigny was ratified. It was drafted earlier on May 8, 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II
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AncientPages.com - On October 23, 1919, Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist, was born. Andronikos discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander III the Great.
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AncientPages.com - On October 22, 1797, the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris took place by André-Jacques Garnerin. Garnerin releases the balloon
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AncientPages.com - On October 21, 1600, the first shogun of the Tokugawa family began his reign in Japan. This day is often considered the beginning of the Tokugawa family's
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AncientPages.com - On October 20, 1632, Sir Christopher Wren - one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history - was born. He was a man of
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AncientPages.com - On October 19, 1386, Heidelberg University was established in 1386 and is Germany’s oldest university. The university was established on instruction of Pope Urban VI and became
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AncientPages.com - On October 18, 1931, inventor Thomas Edison died. Edison – known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park," is considered by many the world's greatest inventor. He
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AncientPages.com - On October 17, 1604, German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus. Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, was a supernova of
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AncientPages.com - On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster, Jr. "Father of American Scholarship and Education," was born. He was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer,
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AncientPages.com - On October 15, 1211, the Battle of the Rhyndacus was fought between the successor states of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, and the Byzantine Greek Empire of
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AncientPages.com - On October 14, 1644, William Penn, English philosopher and founder of Pennsylvania, was born. When Penn was 22 years old, he joined the Religious Society of Friends
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AncientPages.com - On October 13th, 1307, King Philip IV of France, in league with Pope Clement V, ordered the arrest of all Templars in the Kingdom of France;
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AncientPages.com - On October 12, 539 BC, the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great, and his army entered the city of Babylon. It was not, however, an easy task because Babylon's
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AncientPages.com - On 11 October 1942, Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands area, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, sent a significant supply and reinforcement convoy to their troops
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AncientPages.com - On October 10, 1575, the Battle of Dormans took place during the 5th War of Religion in France Fifth War of Religion (1575-76). A Royal force commanded
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AncientPages.com - On October 9, 1410, a fascinating mechanical wonder Prague astronomical clock, was mentioned for the first time. In the Middle Ages, the Old Town astronomical clock was
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AncientPages.com - On October 8, 314, the Battle of Cibalae was fought between the two Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius. It was an armed conflict in 314 ad,
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AncientPages.com - On October 7, 1780, the battle of King's Mountain was fought south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in rural Cherokee County, South
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AncientPages.com - On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale, who wanted the Bible to be available to all people, was burned at stake. He was a prominent figure in Protestant reform
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AncientPages.com - In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, the day of October 5, 1582, ceased to exist because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar made by Pope Gregory XIII.
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AncientPages.com - On October 4, 1535, the Coverdale Bible, the first English-language translation of Christianity's sacred text, was printed. The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in
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AncientPages.com - On October 3, 1849, famous American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances. It was the last time Edgar was seen in public before
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AncientPages.com - On October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, popularly known as Father of Nation, was born at Porbandar, a small town in Kathiawar, Gujarat, India. Mahatma Gandhi played
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AncientPages.com - On 1st October 331 BC, the Battle of Gaugamela between Alexander the Great of Macedon and King Darius III of Persia was fought. It was the final
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AncientPages.com - On September 30, 1938, the Munich Agreement - an important pact was ready between Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister of France, Italy, and Adolph Hitler of Germany, which guaranteed
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AncientPages.com - On September 29, 1227, Frederick II (1194 –1250), one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages, was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for
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AncientPages.com - On September 28, 1821, the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from the Spanish Empire was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City. It
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AncientPages.com - On September 27, 1605, one of the significant battles in the Polish–Swedish War was fought. The battle was decided at a maximum of half an hour, by
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AncientPages.com - On September 26, 46 BC, Julius Caesar dedicated a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix, because he believed she was one of his ancestors. He had
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AncientPages.com - On September 25, 1237, the Treaty of York was signed at York between Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland. It confirmed that Northumberland,
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AncientPages.com - On September 24, 1877, the Battle of Shiroyama took place in Kagoshima, at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan. A painting depicting the
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